 ... in whom the heart trembles and the brain rocks under conspiracies of tempest from without and tempest from within. Madonna moves with uncertain steps, fast or slow, but still with tragic grace. Our Lady of Sighs creeps timidly and stealthily. But...  Outlines of the History of the English Language - Page 174by George Lillie Craik - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Percy Hazen Houston - English literature - 1926 - 548 pages
...within. Madonna moves with uncertain steps, fast or slow, but still with tragic grace. Our Lady of Sighs creeps timidly and stealthily. But this youngest sister...moves with incalculable motions, bounding, and with tiger's leaps. She carries no key; for, though coming rarely amongst men, she storms all doors at which... | |
 | Carl Henry Grabo - English prose literature - 1927 - 544 pages
...within. Madonna moves with uncertain steps, fast or slow, but still with tragic grace. Our Lady of Sighs creeps timidly and stealthily. But this youngest Sister...moves with incalculable motions, bounding, and with tiger's leaps. She carries no key; for, though coming rarely amongst men, she storms all doors at which... | |
 | Fritz Leiber - Fiction - 1999 - 398 pages
...within. Madonna moves with uncertain steps, fast or slow, but still with tragic grace. Our Lady of Sighs creeps timidly and stealthily. But this youngest Sister...moves with incalculable motions, bounding, and with tiger's leaps. She carries no key; for, though coming rarely amongst men, she storms all doors at which... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 356 pages
...within. Madonna moves with uncertain steps, fast or slow, but still with tragic grace. Our Lady of Sighs creeps timidly and stealthily. But this youngest sister...her name is Mater Tenebrarum - Our Lady of Darkness. These were the Semnai Theai, or Sublime Goddesses* - these were the Eumenides, or Gracious Ladies,... | |
 | Richard Fletcher Charles - 1882 - 488 pages
...within. Madonna moves with uncertain steps, fast or slow, but still with tragic grace. Our Lady of Sighs creeps timidly and stealthily. But this youngest sister...name is Mater Tenebrarum, — Our Lady of Darkness. Thomas Oi Qinnccy, VII. THE SINKING OF THE SHIP. TWAS twilight, and the sunless day went down Over... | |
 | 176 pages
...within. Madonna moves with uncertain steps, fast or slow, but still with tragic grace. Our Lady of Sighs creeps timidly and stealthily. But this youngest sister...name is Mater Tenebrarum — Our Lady of Darkness. These were the Semnai Theai, or Sublime Goddesses — these were the Eumenides, or Gracious Ladies... | |
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